This successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers.Per saperne di più…

Natural features and native peoples --
Exploration and early settlement --
A proprietary colony, 1663-1729 --
Royal government --
Colonial society and culture, 1729-1776 --
Colonial economy: agriculture, trade, and communication --
Sectional controversies in the colony --
A decade of dispute --
Attaining independence --
A free state --
A Jeffersonian Republic --
A state asleep --
The vision of Archibald D. Murphey --
The Constitutional Convention of 1835 --
The Whig Era, 1835-1850 --
A change in midstream --
The economy and antebellum society --
The coming of the Civil War --
The Civil War --
A state made news --
A fresh start --
A time of readjustment --
Great anticipation for the Twentieth Century --
Down but not out: the state survives the Great Depression --
New points to ponder in a restless world --
A new face for the state --
The state looks to the future --
Appendixes.